Brewer Point Rankings

Style Breakdown for the 2009 National Homebrew Competition

	Style Name	Number of beers advancing

LIGHT LAGER
	Lite American Lager	4
	Standard American Lager	5
	Premium American Lager	4
	Munich Helles	10
	Dortmunder Export	7
PILSNER
	German Pilsner (Pils)	14
	Bohemian Pilsener	8
	Classic American Pilsner	6
EUROPEAN AMBER LAGER
	Vienna Lager	7
	Oktoberfest/Marzen	19
DARK LAGER
	Dark American Lager	2
	Munich Dunkel	5
	Schwarzbier	21
BOCK
	Maibock/Helles Bock	8
	Traditional Bock	7
	Doppelbock	10
	Eisbock	3
LIGHT HYBRID BEER
	Cream Ale	8
	Blonde Ale	6
	Kolsch	11
	American Wheat or Rye Beer	3
AMBER HYBRID BEER
	North German Altbier	7
	California Common Beer	10
	Dusseldorf Altbier	12
ENGLISH PALE ALE
	Standard/Ordinary Bitter	8
	Special/Best/Premium Bitter	10
	Extra Special/Strong Bitter	12
SCOTTISH AND IRISH ALE
	Scottish Light 60/-	1
	Scottish Heavy 70/-	3
	Scottish Export 80/-	5
	Irish Red Ale	6
	Strong Scotch Ale	14
AMERICAN ALE
	American Pale Ale	19
	American Amber Ale	4
	American Brown Ale	7
ENGLISH BROWN ALE
	Mild	13
	Southern English Brown Ale	3
	Northern English Brown Ale	15
PORTER
	Brown Porter	7
	Robust Porter	12
	Baltic Porter	11
STOUT
	Dry Stout	5
	Sweet Stout	2
	Oatmeal Stout	3
	Foreign Extra Stout	3
	American Stout	4
	Imperial Stout	13
INDIA PALE ALE (IPA)
	English IPA	5
	American IPA	20
	Imperial IPA	5
GERMAN WHEAT AND RYE BEER
	Weizen/Weissbier	6
	Dunkelweizen	2
	Weizenbock	14
	Roggenbier (German Rye Beer)	4
BELGIAN AND FRENCH ALE
	Witbier	3
	Saison	10
	Biere de Garde	4
	Belgian Specialty Ale	13
SOUR ALE
	Berliner Weisse	3
	Flanders Red Ale	7
	Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin	5
	Straight (Unblended) Lambic	2
	Gueuze	4
	Fruit Lambic	9
BELGIAN STRONG ALE
	Belgian Blond Ale	4
	Belgian Dubbel	3
	Belgian Tripel	7
	Belgian Golden Strong Ale	5
	Belgian Dark Strong Ale	11
STRONG ALE
	Old Ale	9
	English Barleywine	8
	American Barleywine	13
FRUIT BEER
	Fruit Beer	27
SPICE/HERB/VEGETABLE BEER
	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	21
	Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced	9
SMOKE-FLAVORED & WOOD-AGED BEER
	Classic Rauchbier	5
	Other Smoked Beer	9
	Wood-Aged Beer	15
SPECIALTY BEER
	Specialty Beer	30
TRADITIONAL MEAD
	Dry Mead	8
	Semi-Sweet Mead	8
	Sweet Mead	14
MELOMEL (FRUIT MEAD)
	Cyser (Apple Melomel)	4
	Pyment (Grape Melomel)	6
	Other Fruit Melomel	20
OTHER MEAD
	Metheglin	9
	Braggot	7
	Open Category Mead	11
STANDARD CIDER AND PERRY
	Common Cider	19
	English Cider	3
	French Cider	1
	Common Perry	2
	Traditional Perry	1
SPECIALTY CIDER AND PERRY
	New England Cider	8
	Fruit Cider	9
	Apple Wine	4
	Other Specialty Cider or Perry	7